Published: Friday 23 October 2020

Questions tabled on Thursday 22 October 2020

Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Answer on Friday 23 October

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department last met with representatives of each of the devolved Administrations to discuss the implementation of the 10 year Veterans Strategy. [Transferred] (106379)

2 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's oral contribution of 19 October 2020, Official Report, column 785 on vaccine production schedules, what the respective (a) starting dates were and (b) planned end dates are for the current trials of the (i) AstraZeneca, (ii) Imperial College and (iii) Novavax vaccines; and if he will list any factors, other than adverse reactions by subjects receiving these vaccines on an experimental basis, which may delay the completion of the trials beyond the planned end dates. [Transferred] (106210)

3 Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that launch vehicles manufactured abroad by UK-based companies outsourcing their supply chains abroad are not classified as Foreign Launch Vehicles under Article 2 point 2 of the UK/USA Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom [CS USA No.1/2020]. [Transferred] (107055) 2 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

4 N Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of staff hours of staff from each Government department spent working on the Counter Disinformation Unit; and what assessment the Government has made of the effect on existing departmental projects of the redeployment of staff to work on that Unit. [Transferred] (106343)

5 Sara Britcliffe (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will put plans in place to provide financial support to the coach industry. [Transferred] (107127)

6 Mark Menzies (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is being made available to help the elderly and people deemed clinically vulnerable who may opt to voluntarily self-shield following Lancashire's move into Tier 3 covid local alert level. [Transferred] (106968)

7 Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to seek a continuation of the European Health Insurance Card scheme for UK citizens after the transition period. [Transferred] (106958)

8 John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential spread of covid- 19 infection in the hospitality sector; and what assessment his Department has made of how that sector is able to operate while minimising risk. [Transferred] (106881)

9 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has been made of the potential merits of including Security Industry Authority licenced security staff in the provisions of the Assault on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018. [Transferred] (107036)

10 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the lodging of applications to the (a) Upper Tribunal, (b) Court of Appeal and (c) Administrative Court online will continue following the covid-19 outbreak. [Transferred] (106946)

Questions for Answer on Monday 2 November

Questions for Written Answer

1 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Border Operating Model on the movement of (a) urgent medical supplies and (b) other goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. (107606) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 3

2 N (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings of the Cabinet's Climate Action Strategy Committee the Prime Minister has chaired since its establishment on 17 October 2019. (107708)

3 (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued cross-government on how long emails should be retained by Departments for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisors and (c) Ministers. (107705)

4 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) restaurants and (b) other businesses which choose to close in response to a lack of trade in tier 3 local covid alert level areas are eligible for the Local Restrictions Support Grant. (107658)

5 N Lucy Powell (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding under the Local Restrictions Support Grant scheme has been provided to each local authority in a tier 3 local covid alert level area. (107659)

6 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Article III point 1(e) of the UK/USA Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom [CS USA No.1/2020], whether proceeds from those launches will be able to be used by the UK to create competing enterprises to the US launch vehicles. [Transferred] (107053)

7 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Article II point 5 of the UK/USA Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom [CS USA No.1/2020], whether the Government plans to introduce UK regulatory involvement into the administering of segregated areas. [Transferred] (107054)

8 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support the Northern Ireland hydrogen economy. (107626)

9 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what role the UK Safer Internet Centre partnership has in bringing to justice people guilty of abusive online practices. (107605)

10 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of online content being age-rated and labelled using trusted BBFC classifications which reflect UK national sensitives as a result of large-scale consultation of all four UK nations. (107747) 4 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

11 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he is taking steps to support the BBFC in securing greater coverage for their trusted age ratings on video-on-demand platforms; what video-on-demand platforms carry BBFC age ratings; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of linking those ratings to parental filters. (107748)

12 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to make the 2018 BBFC AV Guidance approved by Parliament the basis for future Government online harms proposals to protect children from harmful content. (107749)

13 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals for family friendly WiFi which use the default filters imposed by mobile network operators, based on BBFC guidelines and regulated by the BBFC. (107750)

14 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications to the Culture Recovery Fund from applicants in the East Midlands have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected. (107636)

15 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications to the Culture Recovery Fund have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected, by region in England. (107637)

16 Julian Knight (Solihull): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will extend the insurance support for the film industry to (a) sports clubs, (b) theatres, (c) exhibitions and (d) live events. (107667)

17 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) the Welsh Football Association on providing additional funding for the Welsh Football Association. (107709)

18 N Jane Stevenson (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Premier League on fair access to viewing football matches during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (107739)

19 Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the implementation of sprinkler systems in new build and substantially refurbished schools mandatory. (107746)

20 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to award grants from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) fund to (a) St Luke's Halsall primary school in Crosby and (b) schools in Sefton. (107641) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 5

21 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's guidance to schools on supporting students affected by self-harm; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the incidence of self-harm among students. (107661)

22 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the achievement gap in qualifications between male and female pupils in schools. (107663)

23 Damian Hinds (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made, for each region of England, of the proportion of households with children attending schools in more than one local authority area. (107631)

24 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support primary and secondary schools in their provision of mental health support to children and young people. (107614)

25 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assurances his Department has received from universities in (a) tier 3 and (b) tier 2 areas of measures put in place to mitigate (i) covid-19 transmission levels and (ii) related public health risks. (107731)

26 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional (a) resources and (b) funding to universities in (i) tier 3 and (ii) tier 2 areas to mitigate (A) covid-19 transmission levels and (B) related public health risks. (107732)

27 Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to (a) improve the financial education curriculum and (b) increase delivery of that education at primary level in the context of the economic situation as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement. (107657)

28 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the ability of students to return home for Christmas in very high local covid-19 alert areas. (107755)

29 N Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the evidence underpinning his Department’s guidance to local authorities to postpone Grammar School entry tests until November 2021. (107715)

30 N Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK milled flour fortified in line with the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 will be recognised as compliant with EU rules after the transition period. (107744) 6 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

31 N Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Food Standards Agency 21-month adjustment period Guidance on health and identification marks that applies from 1 January 2021, as it applies to Products of Animal Origin, will be extended to include products sold in Northern Ireland. (107745)

32 (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to include targets for tree (a) planting and (b) preservation in relation to (i) planning and (ii) building requirements in his forthcoming England Tree Strategy. (107737)

33 Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the terms of reference of the taskforce reviewing sewage pollution from storm overflows. (107618)

34 Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the membership of the taskforce reviewing sewage pollution from storm overflows. (107619)

35 Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timescale is for the taskforce on reducing the frequency and volumes of sewage discharges from storm overflows to report. (107620)

36 Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) scope and (b) terms of reference are of the taskforce on reducing the frequency and volumes of sewage discharges from storm overflows. (107621)

37 Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long he plans the taskforce on reducing the frequency and volumes of sewage discharges from storm overflows to be operational for. (107622)

38 Claire Hanna (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will urgently bring forward legislative proposals to ban environmentally destructive industrial fishing in UK offshore Marine Protected Areas. (107768)

39 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Environment Agency in partnership with the River Severn Partnership takes a holistic approach to (a) long-term and (b) short-term flooding solutions along the River Severn. (107624)

40 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for potential flooding in winter 2020-21 in (a) Shrewsbury and (b) other areas along the River Severn which are prone to flooding. (107625) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 7

41 Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of all zoos and aquariums are under (a) tier 2 and (b) tier 3 local covid alert level restrictions. (107668)

42 Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the viability of equine rescue organisations whose income has been affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (107670)

43 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what limit on the impact sewage waste released into Langstone Harbor Southern Water has communicated to his Department. (107733)

44 Charlotte Nichols (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a summary of responses from his initial consultation on cat microchipping. (107767)

45 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that all (a) sanitary and (b) toilet products are accurately labelled as flushable. (107676)

46 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations her Department made to the Government of Iran following threats made in the Iranian media in the last three months against her staff; what assessment she made of the causes of those threats and the likelihood of their being acted on; and what steps she has taken to protect her staff in Tehran. (107703)

47 Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason transport refrigeration units are exempt from the Clean Air Zone Framework in England. (107721)

48 Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department monitors the level of emissions caused by transport refrigeration units; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce such emissions to achieve the target of net zero by 2050. (107722)

49 Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 109 on page 20 of the Clean Air Zone Framework, published in February 2020, what support his Department is providing to local authorities setting up Clean Air Zones to help encourage the upgrade of refrigeration units on cold chain vehicles to the least polluting options. (107723)

50 (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has made to the (a) Port of London Authority and (b) London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to allow for the safe passage of river traffic under Hammersmith Bridge. (107665) 8 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

51 Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to allow for the safe passage of river traffic under Hammersmith Bridge. (107666)

52 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all modes of public transport are fully accessible for wheelchair users. (107660)

53 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to legalise the use of e-scooters. (107635)

54 Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to reverse Beeching closures in West Sussex. (107775)

55 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a retrospective emission-based grant to coach operators with respect to their investment in Euro 6 compliant vehicles. (107726)

56 Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to work with the (a) armed forces, (b) national voluntary groups and (c) regional voluntary groups to ensure as many veterans as possible in (i) Bromsgrove District and (ii) the UK benefit from the Veterans' Railcard. (107630)

57 N Matt Rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been in (a) staff time, (b) engaging consultants and agencies to provide advice, (c) tendering and (d) new (i) letterheads, (ii) signage and (iii) website for the proposed rebranding of Highways England. (107734)

58 N Matt Rodda (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who authorised the work to rebrand the Highways Agency; what procurement process was used; and what steps he took to ensure that process complied with Government guidance on marketing spending and procurement. (107592)

59 N Jane Stevenson (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the level of covid-19 transmission on public transport; and if he will make a statement. (107740)

60 N Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her plans are for the funding of employability and skills programmes currently funded by the European Social Fund after 2020; and if she will make a statement. (107741)

61 Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund will fund employability and skills programmes to the same level as funding from the European Social Fund after 2020; and if she will make a statement. (107742) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 9

62 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce child poverty in (a) Stockton North constituency and (b) the Tees Valley Combined Authority area. (107646)

63 N Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of properties on the rental market in Epsom and Ewell which fall into the lower quartile financial limits for housing support. (107609)

64 Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in the (a) West Midlands, (b) Worcestershire and (c) Bromsgrove District have signed up to the Kickstart Scheme. (107629)

65 N (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) accuracy of data and (b) criteria for measuring children’s wellbeing. [Transferred] (107116)

66 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and ): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the adequacy of the personal protective clothing issued to staff working in covid-19 testing centres. (107758)

67 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the contracts agreed between his Department and (a) Serco, (b) Sitel Group and (c) all other commercial providers of track and trace functions operating in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. (107759)

68 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests have been undertaken at the testing centre in Watney Market, , London. (107760)

69 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the testing centre in Popular and Limehouse constituency was situated in Watney Market Idea store. (107761)

70 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the distance between the coivid-19 testing centre in Watney Market Idea store, Shadwell, London and the (a) nearest residential area, (b) the nearest concentration of shops, (c) and the operational working area of Watney Market traders. (107762)

71 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of potential health risks of the opening of the covid-19 testing centre in Watney Market Idea store, Shadwell, London to (a) nearby residents, (b) customers and staff of nearby shops and (c) the Watney Market traders. (107763) 10 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

72 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation his Department undertook with (a) local residents, (b) local shop owners, (c) the Watney Market stall traders and (d) the local authority on the opening of the covid-19 testing centre in Watney Market Idea store, Shadwell, London. (107764)

73 N Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local residents, (b) local shop owners, (c) the Watney Market stall traders and (d) the local authority on the functioning of the covid-19 testing centre situated in Watney Market idea store, Shadwell, London. (107765)

74 Apsana Begum (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effect of the covid-19 testing centre situated in Watney Market Idea store, Shadwell, London on (a) local residents, (b) local shop owners and (c) the Watney Market stall traders. (107766)

75 Bob Blackman (Harrow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the size of the breast imaging and diagnostic workforce. (107634)

76 N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership and (b) NHS England on the potential merits of a national secondary breast cancer audit. (107617)

77 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision he is making for people who wish to have face to face appointments in order to discuss mental health issues with healthcare professionals. (107669)

78 N Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review anticoagulation guidelines for women who have undergone a caesarean section. (107713)

79 N Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have died as a result of blot clots and related complications post-caesarean sections without having received anticoagulants in each of the last 10 years. (107714)

80 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women aged 15 to 45 years prescribed sodium valproate in the UK have received the pregnancy prevention programme. (107599)

81 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to introduce a compensation and care plan for people affected by sodium valproate prescriptions. (107600) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 11

82 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will update the quality outcome framework for epilepsy to include the pregnancy prevention program for valproate. (107601)

83 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the GP to patient ratio for female patients aged from 15-45 years with epilepsy in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency. (107602)

84 N Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of the potential health risks for women aged between 15-45 years who are prescribed sodium valproate. (107603)

85 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of GPs in England. (107662)

86 N Colleen Fletcher (Coventry North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have died by suicide during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps his Department is taking on suicide prevention. (107664)

87 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of positive covid-19 tests reported in England relates to people who have been reported as testing positive for covid-19 previously. (107671)

88 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of positive covid-19 tests is that in which more than one test has been performed on the same person tested at the same time; and how that proportion has changed since the start of the covid-19 outbreak. (107672)

89 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportions of positive tests for covid-19 reported in England have been undertaken by (a) the polymerase chain reaction method and (b) other methods; and how have those proportions changed since the start of the covid-19 outbreak. (107673)

90 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the extent to which (a) polymerase chain reaction testing for covid-19 may identify non-infectious remnant RNA of the covid-19 virus as a positive test result and (b) positive tests for covid-19 reported in England would not indicate contagious cases of covid-19. (107674)

91 N Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the NHS developing a brain workforce as recommended by the National Neurosciences Advisory Group in the report of its June 2019 Mental Health and Neurosciences Leaders Away Day. (107655) 12 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

92 N Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many higher education institutions requested covid-19 test kits prior to the return of students for the 2020-21 academic year. (107727)

93 N Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many higher education institutions that requested covid-19 test kits prior to the return of students in academic year 2020-21 have received them. (107728)

94 Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 test kits have been provided to higher education institutions in the 2020-21 academic year to date. (107729)

95 N (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data has been published from version 8 of the Cancer Outcomes and Services Dataset (COSD), and whether this includes data on the number of people diagnosed with secondary breast cancer. (107687)

96 Sir George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Consultation, Advancing our health: prevention in the 2020s, published on 22 July 2019, when he plans to implement the Government's commitments on children’s oral health. (107597)

97 Sir George Howarth (Knowsley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on oral health inequalities in children; and if he will make a statement. (107598)

98 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the guidance to track and trace assessors on whether (a) physiotherapists and (b) other medical staff wearing PPE should be required to self-isolate after coming into contact with patients with covid-19. (107653)

99 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the provision of respiratory physiotherapy for (a) patients with covid-19, (b) patients with long- term symptoms related to covid-19 and (c) non covid-19 patients in the event that physiotherapists and physiotherapy support workers have to self-isolate on the basis of contact with covid-19 positive patients while wearing PPE. (107654)

100 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities in England who applied to the National Silver and Gold Committees to move up a tier of the local covid alert levels had their applications (a) accepted and (b) rejected by the Gold Committee; and when those requests were made. (107735) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 13

101 N Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which local authorities in England have applied to the National Silver and Gold Committees to move up a tier of the local covid alert levels; which of those local authorities had their application (a) accepted and (b) rejected by the Gold Committee; and when each of those applications was made. (107736)

102 Stephen Morgan (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential risk to public health of students returning from universities in Tier 3 areas to areas with lower covid-19 restrictions. (107730)

103 N Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect people in care homes who have had Do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation added to their files, until the CQC report on the use of DNACPR decisions is published. (107656)

104 Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those people were diagnosed (a) less than and (b) more than five years after a diagnosis of primary breast cancer. (107640)

105 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on including UK health priorities in future trade negotiations. (107724)

106 N Alex Norris (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government’s strategy, Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives, published on 27 July 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of future trade deals on the implementation of that strategy. (107725)

107 N Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2020 to Question 99130 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what preparations the Government is making for the mass distribution of a covid-19 vaccine. (107751)

108 N Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations the Government is making with GPs for the distribution of a covid-19 vaccine. (107752)

109 N Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations the Government is making with community pharmacies for the distribution of a covid-19 vaccine. (107753) 14 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

110 N Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) discussions the Government is holding and (b) steps the Government is taking with large chain pharmacies on the distribution of a covid- 19 vaccine. (107754)

111 Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individuals have received alerts from the NHS covid-19 app related specifically to a venue they have visited and checked into as required, since the app went live on 24 September 2020. (107707)

112 Christina Rees (Neath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2020 to Question 100504 on Sepsis, what steps his Department has taken to specifically support the diagnosis of Sepsis. (107711)

113 N Mr (Ealing, Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equity of access to breast screenings for women living in deprived areas when timed appointments are replaced with open invitations. (107628)

114 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the Government’s vaccine strategy. (107592)

115 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve vaccination rates in England. (107593)

116 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether, as part of developing a national vaccines strategy, he is making an assessment of the potential merits of (a) a national leadership forum bringing together key individuals and groups, (b) the appointment of a national Tsar to oversee the strategy and (c) new targets for adult vaccination rates. (107594)

117 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of targets on improving the uptake of adult vaccinations. (107595)

118 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on vaccination rates for adult vaccinations. (107596)

119 N (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to 84711, what he has made on tackling the waiting time for phlebotomy appointments in the London Borough of Redbridge. (107686)

120 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the need for further guidance on (a) shielding and (b) support available for clinically vulnerable groups to be able to retain their work and income during the covid-19 outbreak. (107757) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 15

121 Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 97448, tabled on 30 September 2020. (107588)

122 N Liz Twist (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in (a) Blaydon constituency and (b) England in each of the last five years. (107716)

123 N Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what method his Department uses to assess the vulnerability of citizens requesting consular assistance; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using a matrix approach as used by the Australian Government for that purpose. (107677)

124 Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the cost of a passport contributes to his Department's budget for consular services. (107678)

125 N Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the Consular premium on passports contributes to his Department's budget. (107679)

126 N Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the funding allocated to the Lucie Blackman Trust is to help it support families bereaved abroad in addition to cases of missing persons. (107680)

127 N Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is developing contingency plans to improve its (a) consular and (b) repatriation support for British nationals overseas in the event of another pandemic. (107681)

128 N Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 11 of the Foreign Affairs Committee report, Flying Home: The FCO's consular response to the covid-19 pandemic, published on 28 July 2020, for what reasons British citizens stranded abroad during the covid-19 pandemic have been advised to crowdfund for support for their repatriation and have not all received support from the Government's £75 million allocated to fly people back to the UK. (107682)

129 Hannah Bardell (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what basis the decision was made to publish advice on his Department's website that British citizens stranded abroad during the covid-19 pandemic should crowdfund if they could not afford to travel back to the UK. (107683)

130 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2020 to Question 105294 on China: Embassies, what sanctions are 16 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

available if a diplomatic and consulate mission fails to abide by their obligations under the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations and UK law. (107607)

131 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of (a) the UK not participating in the G20 summit in Saudi Arabia in response to that country's human rights record and (b) making the UK's participation contingent on the release of women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul. (107611)

132 Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take diplomatic steps to make Saudi Arabia's participation in the upcoming virtual G20 summit conditional upon the release of (a) Prince Turki bin Abdullah, (b) Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and (c) other political detainees in that country. (107612)

133 Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2020 to Question 100918 on Israel: Embassies, if he will publish Accountable Grant Agreements between the Government and delivery partners for those projects; and which other proposals were submitted to the open competition. (107623)

134 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Israel’s refusal to grant visas for officials of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the monitoring of human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. (107649)

135 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on Israel's refusal to grant visas for officials of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights wishing to enter the Occupied Palestinian Territory. (107650)

136 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to address Iran’s regional aggression since the expiry of the UN conventional arms embargo on 18 October 2020. (107632)

137 Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to pursue a comprehensive agreement with international partners addressing Iran’s (a) nuclear programme, (b) ballistic missile production, (c) human rights record and (d) involvement in financing terrorist groups. (107633) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 17

138 N Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2020 to Question 103495 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation, what estimate he has made of the costs to date of the merger of his Department with the Department for International Development. (107643)

139 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 5 and 8 October 2020 to Questions 97665 and 97664 respectively, when the Government formally asserted its right to consular access in the case of Nazanin Zaghari- Ratcliffe. (107688)

140 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2020 to Question 97664, what steps he plans to take to (a) end the seclusion of UK nationals arbitrarily detained by the Iranian authorities and (b) provide access to those UK nationals to British Embassy officials in the next six months. (107689)

141 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of its failure to gain access to British citizens arbitrarily detained on the human rights of those citizens. (107690)

142 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) level and (b) target level of staff turnover was in (i) his Department and (ii) the consular directorate in (A) 2019-20 and (B) 2018-19. (107691)

143 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government benchmarks its hostage recovery performance against the performance of the US and other allies; and what other steps his Department takes to assess the effectiveness of its performance in this area. (107692)

144 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October 2020 to Question 99691, whether his assessments of satisfaction with consular services include (a) a requirement that the outsourced survey team interview a sample of British citizens imprisoned overseas or their families, (b) a minimum sample size to capture feedback from British prisoners overseas or their families and (c) disaggregated results so that his Department is able to identify and learn from the satisfaction levels expressed for that area of support. (107693)

145 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 5 October 2020 to Question 97662 and Answer of 12 October 2020 to Question 99691, whether his Department has KPIs focused on the (a) overseas imprisonment of British citizens and (b) protection of British citizens from torture overseas. (107694) 18 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

146 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2020 to Question 99694 on Hostage Taking, when he last made an assessment of the effectiveness of UK hostage policy; and whether that assessment was made internally or by an external evaluator. (107695)

147 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2020 to Question 99694, on what date the Government's hostage policy was last updated; and if he will place a copy of that policy in the Library. (107696)

148 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to cases of torture of British citizens imprisoned overseas, what legal obligations the UK has to take action to prevent further torture under the (a) European Convention on Human Rights and (b) UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. (107700)

149 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to prevent potential torture as required by the (a) UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and (b) its other obligations under international law in the cases of British citizens imprisoned in Iran. (107701)

150 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what violations by the Iranian authorities of the rights of Gabriella Ratcliffe his Department has (a) recognised, (b) raised with the Iranian Government and (c) formally protested about to Iran in the past five years. (107702)

151 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how long emails are retained by his Department for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisors and (c) Ministers. (107706)

152 N Zarah Sultana (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to ensure an independent international fact-finding mission takes place in Cameroon to investigate allegations of human rights violations in that country. (107756)

153 N Owen Thompson (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to Article III point 1 b) of the UK/USA Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and the United States of America on Technology Safeguards associated with United States Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom [CS USA No.1/2020], what the process is for determining significant quantitative or qualitative inputs of equipment, technology, manpower, or funds. (107675) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 19

154 N (Islington South and Finsbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2020 to Question 105323 on Department for International Trade: Private Education, how much funding was allocated to the Continuity of Education Allowance to fund school places for children of staff deployed overseas by other Government departments (a) overseas and (b) in the UK in 2019-20; how many school places that funding supported in total; and how those figures are broken down by Department. (107616)

155 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on (a) violence committed by (a) the special anti-robbery squad and (b) other police forces. (107773)

156 N Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Nigerian counterpart on potential human rights violations in that country by police during operations to limit demonstrations; and if he will make a statement. (107774)

157 Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether Turkish forces have been involved in recent attacks on the civilian population in Armenia. (107627)

158 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits by Immigration Compliance and Enforcement teams have taken place in Yorkshire and the Humber in the last 12 months, by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) location of team. (107769)

159 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times have police officers have accompanied immigration enforcement teams on visits in the last 12 months. (107770)

160 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times police have used Stop and Scan technology to gather data on individuals for immigration purposes in the last 12 months; and on how many of those occasions the police were operating (a) alone and (b) alongside Home Office immigration enforcement teams. (107771)

161 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visits by immigration enforcement teams have been made to (a) private rented accommodation, (b) owner occupier accommodation, (c) local authority housing, (d) housing association housing, (e) private businesses, (f) places of worship and (g) other locations in Yorkshire and the Humber in the last 12 months. (107772) 20 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

162 N Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enact the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visa announced on 22 October 2020. [R] (107610)

163 N Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the police notify individuals when the police are made aware that another individual is using their identity without their knowledge. (107720)

164 N Sarah Owen (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on the development of the Hong Kong BNO scheme announced in July 2020. [Transferred] (107113)

165 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many criminal cases brought against a member of the armed forces received funding from the public purse on legal representation for the complainant from 2010 to 2020. (107589)

166 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil cases relating to allegations of wrongdoing by a member of the armed forces received funding from the public purse for legal representation for the complainant from 2010 to 2020. (107590)

167 John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent from the public purse on legal representation for complainants on (a) criminal and (b) civil cases in relation to allegations of wrongdoing by members of the armed forces since 2010. (107591)

168 Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to bring forward proposals to implement the Government’s policy on the further incorporation of the Armed Forces Covenant into law. (107615)

169 N Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2020 to Question 99688 on International Military Services: Legal Costs, when IMS last put the provision of legal services out to public tender; and for how long IMS has had the same principal legal provider. (107697)

170 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2020 to Question 99688 on International Military Services: Legal Costs, what steps he and IMS take to ensure that IMS pays value for money legal fees; and when (a) his Department and (b) IMS last made a comparative assessment of the value for money of (i) IMS costs and (ii) the rates of its legal services provider. (107698) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 21

171 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2020 to Question 99688 on International Military Services: Legal Fees, whether his Department holds adequate information on how much IMS has continued to pay its principal legal provider since IMS ceased operations in 1991; and whether that sum is less than £40 million. (107699)

172 N Daisy Cooper (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2020 to Question 104771, on The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020: what assessment he has made of the merits of extending the scope of those measures to include those (a) pubs and (b) hospitality businesses that are listed buildings, and cannot erect temporary outside structures within their curtilage due to the constraints of listed building consents. (107743)

173 N Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to tackle Islamophobia; and what plans he has to support Islamophobia Awareness Month in November 2020. [Transferred] (107102)

174 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to support small landlords in disputes with tenants who had refused to pay rent before the covid-19 outbreak and who are now unable to evict them as a result of measures put in place to support renters in genuine need during the outbreak. (107685)

175 N Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will suspend evictions in regions with additional covid-19 public health restrictions. [Transferred] (107142)

176 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residential property tribunal decisions were made under the sub category of Rents - Market rent (assured shorthold tenancy) in 2019. (107647)

177 N Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of private rented households for whom local covid-19 restrictions prevent bailiffs from enforcing an eviction. (107648)

178 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of court security staffing. (107638)

179 N Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to prioritise cases dealt with by the courts during the covid-19 outbreak. (107639) 22 Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020

180 Scott Mann (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken to support small landlords in disputes with tenants who had refused to pay rent before the covid-19 outbreak and who are now unable to evict those tenants as a result of measures put in place to support renters in genuine need during the outbreak. (107684)

181 N (Hornsey and Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners have access to recreation areas and exercise during the covid-19 outbreak. (107710)

182 N Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions his Department had with the Government of the Republic of Ireland prior to the imposition of border checks on the UK-Republic of Ireland border. (107717)

183 Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the compliance with the terms agreed under the (a) Belfast Agreement, (b) St. Andrew's Agreement and (c) subsequent bilateral agreements between the UK and Republic of Ireland of the Irish Government's steps to enforce border checkpoints between the UK and Republic of Ireland. (107718)

184 Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available for self-employed people who have taken out business loans and are continuing to experience financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. (107738)

185 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential exposure of banks in respect of buildings owned by banks that have flammable cladding. [Transferred] (106901)

186 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional costs to the public purse incurred as a result of measures introduced in Northern Ireland due to the covid -19 outbreak between March and October 2020. (107604)

187 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to support self-employed wedding photographers who work from home and have not been eligible for covid-19 financial support since March 2020. (107642)

188 N Paul Girvan (South Antrim): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Irish Government has made on the repayment of loans provided by the UK in 2010. (107719)

189 Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the revenue from Stamp Duty has been in each of the last 15 years. (107608)

190 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the VAT exemption on PPE for (a) self-employed physiotherapists and (b) independent providers. (107651) Published: Friday 23 October 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON Thursday 22 October 2020 23

191 N Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with cabinet colleagues on exempting (a) self-employed allied health professionals and (b) independent healthcare providers from VAT on PPE during the covid-19 outbreak. (107652)

192 N Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend the business rates holiday to the 2021-22 financial year for sectors affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (107644)

193 Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce VAT on health and leisure sector memberships to promote healthy living. (107645)

194 N Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to re-classify sunscreen products from a cosmetic product to an essential healthcare item to exempt those products from VAT. (107712)

195 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled young people are able to access the Kickstart scheme. (107613)

196 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's settlement with Bank Mellat; whether that money has been paid to Bank Mellat; and whether a Treasury licence was granted to make that payment. (107704)

197 N (East Ham): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide funding to the UK Safer Internet Centre when its funding from the EU ends. (107587)